Venture Capital Conference To Be In June

March 31, 1996|By -AL POLFER, DIRECTOR

Central Florida will soon have its own Venture Capital Conference, June 4 and 5 at the Orlando Marriott Downtown. Its hosts will be the Central Florida Innovation Corp. and the UCF Small Business Development Center. For information, call (407) 277-5411.

The conference will be divided into two segments with an Education Day on June 4 followed by the Venture Capital Day on June 5. The education program will include seminars on how to prepare a business plan, how to identify your market, and what investors look for in a proposal, as well as a panel on alternative sources of financing.

An expo featuring program sponsors and other interested supporters will open at noon, and Stephen W. Buchanan, general partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, will speak during the luncheon. The first day will conclude with a cocktail party and dinner.

The second day will consist of entrepreneur presentations to an audience of prospective venture capital investors. The fourteen business plans judged to be the best from those submitted by April 15 will be presented in 12-minute segments after being carefully pre-qualified and rehearsed.

A successful local entrepreneur will be the featured speaker during lunch on that day.

The Central Florida Innovation Corp. is also host of the Venture Forum. This meeting is held the first Thursday of each month at the Downtown Radisson Plaza and includes dinner, a speaker and a short presentation by each of the entrepreneurs, investors and service providers in attendance.

Call (407) 658-4670 for reservations.

Other scheduled programs that will assist in preparing for this conference or for any other financing proposal to investors or bankers include:

Business Plan Writing: 9 a.m. to noon on Friday.

Financing/Loan Proposal Preparation: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, and 9 a.m. to noon on April 19.

For information on these and other Small Business Development Center programs, call (407) 823-5554.